By learning a system and the proper tools to use the Zone as a High Performance Engine that drives your game, the athlete or sports team can get great results and avoid talk therapy and talking about problems and emotions. What does the athlete want? The Zone now, so he or she can play their game with passion and have success.

Spencer asks if shooting clay targets is 90% mental. Bob answers with a big YES. Very skillful athletes can collapse in the big game because they become intimidated, feel bad when they make a mistake, think about a past loss, etc. They can keep practicing harder or they can use mental exercises to make the next competition seem exciting and familiar, and they can use various strategies to make their "fearsome" opponents disappear when they step into the are in the post.

The question, what does a mental coach do? is answered by Bob Palmer with a very basic answer. Mental coaches help you to make your game fun and easy: fun, because you learn the tools to fix virtually any problem and; easy, because you learn to make training a fun challenge.

Core stability is a must in every sport. Some sports need cross training to develop this kind of stability and balance cushions offer an easy way to achieve it, especially after an injury. Bob Palmer offers this tip as to how to use them.

There are so many choices for high performance training in the mental game, and athletes and coaches need more information to make a decision as to whom to go with. SportExcel is currently the choice of many amateur, pro and Olympic athletes and coaches, because it offers a formula for high performance training that empowers them to get into the Zone and stay there. The decision is easy with SportExcel.

SportExcel gives athletes and coaches a high performance system that turns passion into results. Our system is all about getting you in the Zone - that place where your mind, body and spirit synch to create magic in your sport and in your life.

Hockey playoff season is happening right now and this tip is for hockey coaches as well as coaches in other sports.

Coaches set the tone and the example for the team in terms of posture and physiology. If the coaches loses the Zone, the players do. If the Coach stays in the Zone--no matter what the score--the players will as well. You cannot tell what the score is by looking at a great coach during a game.

Change at the speed of light. That change is difficult or takes time is a myth. In this video Bob Palmer, High Performance trainer for SportExcel describes how change can happen in the blink of an eye if you have the right tools.